Final answer:
The distance traveled by a car for 1 lap on a 5 km track is 5 kilometers. To convert a number of track laps to a distance in meters, divide the total desired distance in meters by the length of one lap in meters.
Step-by-step explanation:
The distance a car travels when it drives 1 lap on a 5 km track is simply the length of the track itself. Since the question specifies that the track is 5 km, one lap around the track would be 5 kilometers. This situation identifies both the race car's distance traveled, which is 5 km, and the magnitude of displacement, which in the case of a closed loop like a race track, would be zero, assuming the car starts and ends in the same position.
To calculate the distance in terms of meters, we need to convert kilometers to meters. Each kilometer is equivalent to 1000 meters. Therefore, if you’re training on a 400-meter track, and you want to cover 10 kilometers, you would divide the total distance you want to cover in meters (10,000 meters) by the length of the track (400 meters), giving you the number of laps you need to run, which would be 25 laps.